Central Illinois

• Appellate court upholds sentence for woman in fatal I-74 drunk-driving crash, Champaign News-Gazette

Chicago area

• Suit filed by family of dance instructor killed in train crash, Chicago Tribune
• Lake Co. sheriff's deputy on leave after being charged with assault, Daily Herald
• Judge orders sorority to bring records to court, Chicago Sun-Times
• Juvenile Justice chief stepping down ahead of merger, Chicago Tribune
• Lenders storm King Rudy, "castle", Chicago Business

Nation

• Steinbrenner's 2010 death may have saved his heirs about $600M, ABA Journal